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Oregon State University Receives Guinness World Record for Bipedal RobotOregon State University has a new award to crow about. They just received the Guinness World Record for the fastest 100 meters by a bipedal robot. The ostrich leg style robot ran 100 meters in 24.73 seconds.The robot’s name is Cassie and it was designed by the OSU College of Engineering in Corvallis, Oregon. The robot was then built by Agility Robotics in nearby Albany, Oregon. The machine was created using a $1 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Interestingly, Cassie does not have cameras or external sensors. The machine does, however, incorporate artificial intelligence. Cassie has also been able to complete a 5K run and has learned to go up and down stairs. #robot #GuinnessWorldRecord #running #worldrecord

Can You Run a Mile in 4:32 While Pushing a Stroller?Can you run a mile in four and a half minutes? For top-end runners in modern times, that’s achievable. What makes Ruben Sança’s dash record-breaking is that he did so while pushing his own son in a stroller.Sança has unofficially clenched a Guinness World Record for pushing a child in a stroller during a mile-long run. Runners’ World reports that he accomplished this feat Newburyport, Massachusetts on August 7, 2022. With a time of 4:32, the pair broke through the previous record of 4:42.Sança ran with a careful stride: he kept his right hand on the stroller, pumped with his left, and stood slightly off center so that his right foot landed between the wheels of the stroller. You can watch a video of his run here.-via Super Punch| Photo: Scott Ripley#GuinnessWorldRecords #Running #Strollers

The World's Coldest Marathon is Run at -53C in Yakutia, SiberiaIn frigid Yakutia, Siberia, sixty five runners from around the world ran in a marathon that started at Oymyakon, the coldest village on Earth. The temperature during the contest was -53 °C or -63 °F, and the runners ran on snow-covered tracts, thus earning the contest the moniker of the world’s coldest marathon.Winning the full marathon for the second time, a local runner named Vasily Lukin finished first in 3 hours 22 minutes as he crossed the finish line at Tomtor. Marina Sedalischeva was the best among the women, with 42 kilometres in 4 hours 9 minutes. Meanwhile, the winners of the half-marathon were Vasily Spiridonov (1 hour 36 minutes) and Ulyana Barashkova (2 hour 5 minutes).All winners got cash prizes starting from 100,000 roubles ($1,288; £950). Participants above 70 years won a special prize.This year's marathon was dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Yakutia's autonomy within the former Soviet Union.Image: Semen Sivtsev#marathon #Siberia #worldrecord #running